The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Florence, Italy. c. August 1944. Members of an all Australian Kittyhawk fighter bomber squadron operating from a central Italian airfield inspect a German Panzerkampfwagen V Ausf A (commonly known as a Panther A) tank blasted out of action and abandoned in the Florence area. Since the battle for Florence began RAAF members and their Kittyhawk aircraft have taken a heavy toll of enemy tanks, motor vehicles and railway trucks effectively cramping German transportation and ability to wage war.
Members of an all Australian P40 Kittyhawk fighter bomber squadron operating from a central Italian airfield inspect an early model German Panzerkampfwagen V Ausf A Panther tank, which has been disabl
TERMOLI, ITALY. 1943-11. A GERMAN PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF H MEDIUM TANK PUT OUT OF ACTION SOUTH OF PETACCIATE ON THE COAST ROAD BEYOND TERMOLI. GRAVE IN FOREGROUND IS OF M. MULLER, GERMAN ARMY. NUMER
El Aqqaqir, Libya. 1942-11. An abandoned German Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf H medium tank armed with a 50mm L/42 gun. This tank had burnt out and the heat generated caused a propellant charge in the gun
The remains of a German strongpoint comprising a turret and 75mm L/70 gun from a Panzerkampfwagen V (Panther tank) guarding the road to Rimini, after the Desert Harassers fighter bomber aircraft of th
Cervia, Italy. c. 1945. Informal portrait of 425749 Flying Officer (FO) I. G. S. (Bill) Purssey of Brisbane, Qld, a pilot of No. 3 (Mustang) Squadron RAAF in northern Italy. FO Purssey has taken part
Guidonia, Italy. c. June 1944. Ground crew members of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, inspect a Savoia amphibian aircraft abandoned by the enemy on an Italian airfield some miles from Rome. On its fu
